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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 - ESS - Charge Pump confusion

« on: December 28, 2015, 01:41:11 PM »

Hello,

i use Mach3 since more than 4 Years, everything fine.
I try to use Mach4 since 2 Years, confusion...

Well, the main thing is i use two breakout boards with the ESS.

My router has 5 Motors, and one HF-Spindle.
I use the motors like shown:

Motor 0 = X(1)     -> Board 1
Motor 1 = Y       -> Board 1
Motor 2 = Z       -> Board 1
Motor 3 = X(2) -> Board 1

Motor 4 = A      -> Board 2
Motor 5 = C (Tool Changer) -> Board 2

In Mach3 i configured my system like follows:



I use "Charge Pump Signal" because if i do not i have trouble.
What is the trouble?
Well, testing without "Charge Pump" looked like this:
After powering up the machine the relays on the board were on (enable).
That causes that the valve for coolant began to run.
The valve for opening the tool-changer opened.
After activating the Software on the PC all Output switched in normal position.

If i use "Charge Pump" i do not have this problem.

So now begins the confusion:
In Mach4, depending on the screen you have the possibility to use "Charge Pump" or not.
If you create a new, own screen, the place where "Charge Pump" is, is named "Reserved 1" and "Reserved 2"
If you use an existing screen, there is "Charge Pump".


The second thing is, in the ESS-Configuration there is only one "Charge Pump" available.
There is no way to get a second one.

If i configure the ESS and assign the "Charge Pump" to 1|16 i can enable one board.
I can move the axis, but here is the next problem....Axis with slave will crash mach4, so i tried out without slave.

The question is, why are there MACH4 profiles with "Charge Pump" and why not?
The next question is, why is in ESS-Configuration only one "Charge Pump"?

Clear, only what in ESS-Configuration is assigned first can be used in MACH4 Output/Input.

I also tried out:
Manual editing the "Machine.ini"
Assigning the 1|16 also to 2|16, but that will not work.

I saw this here also: http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,30635.0.html

In Germany we say: "Good wheel is expensive now"... probably you have an similar thing for this 

best regards,

Gerhard

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Mach4 General Discussion / Build 2030 Crashes during startup

« on: October 04, 2014, 04:38:12 AM »

I downloaded Mach4 Build 2030.
During starting the application it'll crash.
It doesn't matter if you use an existing profile or if you create a new profile.


Configuration:
Windows 8.1 x64, 4GB Ram
SSD HDD 250GB
NVIDIA GeForche GTX650 TI Boost

Installpath: C:\MACH4

Any ideas??

best regards,

Gerhard

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Mach4 General Discussion / LUA Script - Please help me

« on: August 03, 2014, 05:52:01 AM »

Hello there,

i have a little problem. I tried to create a script.
What want I do, well very easy. I like to create 2 buttons in the FRO-Section.
The first button should increase the current FRO value by pushing +10.
The second button should decrease the current FTO value by pushing -10.

I tried out a lot, but currently I am not able to make it work.
Is anyone here who could help me?
Best regards,
Gerhard